10-05-2020, 02:21 PM
(10-05-2020, 02:10 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/politics/clarence-thomas-samuel-alito/index.html?fbclid=IwAR25wicW3g4nZKdULQqdtareg4_c5U4kEFrp8_m9PTzBnLzCxHV9z8EDCLA
The Supreme Court decided to not hear Kim Davis' appeal of her jailing after she refused to follow a court order that told her to follow law and give a marriage license to two men in Kentucky. She claimed that her religion enabled her to ignore the law and her responsibility as an elected clerk.
Thomas and Alito took this as an oppurtunity to attack the 2015 decision that struck down gay marriage bans as unconstitutional, claiming that it enabled the courts to be cavalier about religion and treat those who opposed gay marriage as bigots. Thomas described Kim Davis as one of the "first victims" of the ruling and "not the last".
They went on to say the decision gave a "novel constitutional right over the religious liberty interests protected by the First Amendment" and that "the court has created a problem that only it can fix."
**** those assholes.
Religious beliefs were the basis for discriminating against women.
Religious beliefs were the basis for the laws against interracial marriage.
Religious beliefs were the basis for the laws making homosexuality a crime.
Religious beliefs have no place in determining who gets equal protection under the law, AND NOT ONE RELIGIOUS PERSON HAS BEEN HARMED OR HAD THEIR RIGHT TO WORSHIP ABRIDGED BY ALLOWING SAME SEX MARRIAGE. Freedom to worship does not mean freedom to discriminate on the job when working for the State.
